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[New Quest Unlocked!]
Issue: Defend the City of Alcemia from the joint attacks of the Lizards and the Spiders.
Condition: Do it in the most conspicuous, flashy, and attention-grabbing way. And the most devastating act of destroying their morale.
Reward: 30k Points
Failure: Destruction of the City, and The Village
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When Arthas saw this quest he was confused by what it meant, it was rather straightforward but never really thought about it until he saw the condition section it was full of assumptions on what it could be, what if he didn't do it properly will he still get the reward there were many things that were going through his mind, thus he decided that he would just go with the act of being cruel and powerful.
'Anyways that doesn't really hinder my plans, just a bit of recalibration and we are good. I needed reputation points from others anyway, might as well benefit acting like a madman and gain some real 'points' in the process.'
And with that, Arthas continued with his plan… and his plan was going much better than he expected.
The moment Arthas commanded the huge creature to attack it quickly sprinted towards the lizard with full speed. The ground failed to withstand its terror as footprints were left every step of the way. The trees were flattened, broken, and in pieces after they were stepped on by a behemoth of a foot.
"Everyone, Scatter!!"
Thousands of footmen and soldiers dispersed at the sight of a giant creature that was running toward them. Their faces were filled with fear and anxiety. Today they thought they would die a valiant death, full of glory. It would have been a fine ending except getting squished by a monster wasn't ought to be called glorious.
Screams of terror were heard as the enormous creature stepped onto the plains where they fought. With just the first step, a handful of Lizards were flattened to the ground, blood and organs splattered and that continued to drip from the soles of the giant foot. The humans retreated to the city gates, while the lizards continued to run in the other direction.
With each flick of the tail, lizards flew far away, even though they have strength superior to humans, getting flung away to some distance while getting hit by a giant tail would no doubt be a dangerous action.
"Hey, Morpheus don't throw them towards the city. You can throw them anywhere but there, Alright" Arthas who was beside Alicia spoke up with a huge smile across his face.
Morpheus responded with a thunderous roar as if to say it received Arthas's command. The faces of Alicia and Frederick were all flabbergasted, they weren't able to properly comprehend what just happened. Meanwhile, Moltar who stood next to Arthas remained silent and watched as everything was collapsing and getting massacred.
"Hey Arthas" Alicia called out his name, "Is that beast your tamed beast?"
"Huh? Tamed? No, that's not it that's my summon"
"What? Then why does it suddenly appear out of thin air? Or did you hide it somewhere where it won't be possible to see it? Wait no, that can't be it with the size of that thing there is no way you can possibly hide it in the trees."
"Wait, you can't summon anything out of thin air? Isn't that normal? Like summoning them out from your mana or something?"
"Hah? What do you mean? There's no such thing as that, it requires a meticulous process to successfully coordinated with the spiritual world, and have your connection recognized by your summon which in turn would decide whether the summon would accept your request or not!"
"Huh, that sounds difficult and weird."
"W-What the Weird?! You're the weird one, how can you just yoink a summon out of thin air like it's nothing?!"
"Heh, Yoink but yes, That creature right there is my summon" With a gentle gaze he looked at the creature as it went killing everything in its path.
Arthas looked at the creature that was committing a massacre, its dark body was soon sprayed with red blood and its feet were full of organs that seem to stick at its soles the most noticeable of all is that it was fully red. It was like wearing red boots that gave Morpheus a fashion fit, it wasn't a full fashion disaster if it weren't for the fact that blood was dripping down from its mouth, teeth that were pure white as the sky was soon dyed with the blood of their enemies.
"Well anyways, I don't think the Lizards would want to continue attacking us considering that—"
"Everyone! Get ready the lizards have regained composure and are attacking us once more!" Frederick shouted as a volley of Lizards went passed Morpheus who was busy with training the lizards in the air, with some getting flattened.
With the Lizards taking action the struggle for the supremacy of strength once again happened, with the lizards pushing everything and the humans making use of their advantages, traps, and potions that would help them match up to the disadvantageous position. The enemy also found a way to attack, Morpheus treats the humans as allies so if they were close enough they wouldn't be flattened.
It was do or die time, and it was either you get squished by the monster or die fighting. Both options always lead to dying but it was up to you what to choose. They could also go towards the forest but the failure of this operation would mean something else entirely. They pushed with ferocity as they finally saw hope that they could live and carry on with their lives.
"Fuck sake! Can't they just get demoralized and go away for some reason and report it to their superiors? I didn't want to do this but alright" Arthas made a facepalm as he looked at everything that is happening.
"What are you gonna do now?" Alicia asked Arthas as she began to continue shooting off wide-range magic that froze the enemies.
"Woah, Ice magic. Is that borrowed magic or magic you learned?"
"What? You can't possibly learn magic on your own…Well, you can, but it's more efficient to hone the borrowed magic from your summon. But anyways, how do you not know that? You are seriously getting weirder every minute!"
"Who cares besides, I am willing to learn. Teach me when you have the time"
"If WE get out alive with this predicament, then YES I will try" Alicia carried off firing ice magic towards the Lizards.
Her face was profusely sweating from the amount of burden her body was facing, she was almost drained of her mana and her summons were all physically dead, she still needs time before she can summon them again. They already received massive help from Arthas but that only made the intensity of the situation worse. As the beastmen were trapped in death and would be willing to do anything just to get out of it.
"A cornered beast is much more dangerous than some beast that is unbound and free. I guess that fits it." Arthas casually made a statement and looked toward Moltar who sighed while looking at him.
"Aren't you gonna help them Moltar?" Arthas asked the man that was beside him.
"No, not necessarily, To be honest, my only duty here is to keep you safe and not let you go to harm. I will do so, even if it means I will die in duty." Moltar stood tall as he spoke keeping his voice firm.
"Dang, that's cool I'll respect your decision then. Please keep me safe from harm and I will do my best in watching your back." Arthas replied in a firm voice.
He smiled at Moltar while saying that and Moltar smiled back as they made a friendship pack signifying their intentions.
"Well, anyways, I think it's better to let that guy outside, it might be good for his health, that heat freak" Arthas began to mumble to himself trying to consolidate his mental health.
"I'm sorry who are we talking about here?" Moltar asked curiously.
"Hey! Alicia!"
"What now? I am kinda busy right now" She replied irritated and annoyed at the sudden call of her name.
"Nothing Maybe I should just give you a heads up"
"A heads what?"
"I'm gonna summon one more of my friends."
The ground began to heat up and the surrounding air began to increase in temperature. The environment near Arthas began to heat up, and soon a bright red cloud began to descend upon the area. Flames then soon began to spread inside the smoke.
"Welcome back, Nemesis"